OBITUARIES
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Local Obituaries for Astoria, OR, Clatsop County & Surrounding Areas
David Dewayne Menken Sr.
Dec 5, 2011
David Dewayne Menken Sr., 63, of Cannon Beach, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, in Cannon Beach. He was born May 1, 1948, in Coos Bay, to George M. and Edith I. (Drake) Menken. * He was raised in Coos Bay. Mr. Menken was a Clatsop County resident for 11 years. He worked at the Mariner Market in Cannon Beach...
Frank Joseph Brown Jr.
Dec 5, 2011
Frank Joseph Brown Jr., 58, of Warrenton, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, in Warrenton. He was born July 8, 1953, in Aberdeen, S.D., to Frank Joseph Brown Sr. and Violet Rose (Eisenbeis) Brown. His parents preceded him in death. * In 1971, he graduated from Astoria High School. He received associate's degrees in a variety of subjects. On May...
Hazel Boebert Stephens
Nov 26, 2011
Hazel Boebert Stephens, 102, of Astoria, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, in Astoria. She was born Jan. 24, 1909, in Astoria, to Samuel and Ida J. (Seeklander) Sutter. Raised in Astoria, she graduated from Astoria High School in 1928, and started working for the Astoria Budget newspaper. In June 1931, she married Frank L. Boebert in Astoria. He preceded...
David W. Haggerty Jr.
Nov 24, 2011
David W. Haggerty Jr., 98, of Seaside, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Seaside. He was born Nov. 20, 1913, in Denver, to David Haggerty Sr. and Regina (Donegan) Haggerty. The oldest of eight children, he was raised in New York. The family moved back to Estes Park, Colo. In 1939, he met and married Freeda Cooper in Estes...
Orlin "George" Bahr
Nov 23, 2011
Orlin "George" Bahr, 79, of Warrenton, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, in Warrenton. He was born Jan. 10, 1932, in Miller, S.D., to Hinnie and Goldia Ann (Mohr) Bahr. In 1950, he graduated from high school in Lind, Wash., and enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving until 1954. On March 2, 1952, he married Madora Hochhalter, who was serving...
Ross Fredrick Lindstrom
Nov 23, 2011
Ross Fredrick Lindstrom, 73, of Astoria, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, in Astoria, of cancer. He was born June 23, 1938, in Astoria, to Helmer and Ethlyn Lindstrom, on his parents' ninth anniversary. Raised in Astoria, he attended John Jacob Astor Elementary School, and graduated from Astoria High School in 1956. In 1960, he took a half year of...
Otto Christopher Brandt
Nov 23, 2011
Otto Christopher Brandt, 36, of Warrenton, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, in Astoria. He was born Oct. 6, 1975, in Portland, to Otto Brandt and Annetta Osborn. His parents survive. Raised in the Portland and Boring areas, he attended Centennial and Clackamas high schools. He married, then divorced. Mr. Brandt was employed by Pride Floors in Portland. He moved...
Kathleen Marie "Kathy" Link
Nov 23, 2011
Kathleen Marie "Kathy" Link, 67, of Astoria, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, in Astoria. She was born March 22, 1944, in Astoria, to Robert Emmett and Pearl Marie (Day) Biddle. In 1962, she graduated from Astoria High School, and shortly afterward moved to Seattle and attended Bible college. She moved to Hawaii for a short time, but missing her...
Jean Elizabeth O'Bryan
Nov 17, 2011
Jean Elizabeth O'Bryan, 83 Of Astoria, died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, in Astoria. She was born Aug. 27, 1928, in Astoria, to James and Anna Hansen O'Bryan. She graduated from Astoria High School in 1946. After high school, Ms. O'Bryan moved to Portland and worked in the insurance industry for several years. After her retirement in the late 1980s,...
Donald Lavern Bartlett
Nov 8, 2011
Donald Lavern Bartlett, 82, of Knappa, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, in Astoria. He was born April 16, 1929, in Astoria, to Samuel Leo and Sarah Helen (McDonough) Bartlett. Raised on his parents’ chicken farm in Svensen, he graduated from Knappa High School in 1947. He served in the Oregon National Guard for eight years. On Sept. 25, 1948,...
Linda Carol Geisler
Nov 8, 2011
Linda Carol Geisler, 67, of Astoria, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, in Astoria. She was born Dec. 23, 1943, in Astoria, to Noel Stanley Thayer and Elsie Beulah Gates. She was raised and attended schools in Knappa. On July 23, 1960, she married Ronald Geisler in Astoria. He preceded her in death Dec. 28, 2002. Mrs. Geisler attended Maddox...
Austin James Hennessee
Nov 7, 2011
Austin James Hennessee, 9, of Knappa, died Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, in Knappa. He was born June 4, 2002, in Riverton, Wyo., to Karl Wayne and Tawnya Marie (Atkins) Hennessee. His parents survive, residing in Knappa. The family moved to Northern California from Wyoming, then to Knappa in September 2009. Austin was a third-grader at Hilda Lahti Elementary School...
Harriett Rose Kirker
Nov 5, 2011
Harriett R. Kirker, 96, of Astoria, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, in Astoria. She was born Nov. 3, 1915, in Altoona, Wash., to Samuel L. and Sarah (McDonaugh) Bartlett. When she was 8 years old, the family moved to Svensen. She attended schools in Knappa and graduated from Knappa High School in 1933. She married Lester A. Normand. He...
Franklin Corwin Sellars
Nov 3, 2011
Franklin Corwin "Frank" Sellars Jr., 82, of Gearhart, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, in Seaside. He was born Jan. 14, 1929, in Ritzville, Wash., to Franklin Corwin Sellars Sr. and Helena Mildred Clodius. After losing his father at an early age, he was raised by his mother during the Depression, and worked at restaurants and odd jobs. He was...
Robert C. "Bob" Parker
Nov 2, 2011
Robert C. "Bob" Parker, age 58, of Knappa, died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, in Portland. He was born July 14, 1953, in Astoria, to Robert M. and Beverly Ann (Nelson) Parker. His parents preceded him in death. He spent his younger years in Astoria and Sacramento, Calif. The family moved to Newberg, where he graduated from high school in...
Christine Marie Boothe-Walker
Oct 31, 2011
Christine Marie Boothe-Walker, 55, of Astoria, died Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, in Astoria. She was born Feb. 16, 1956, in Wakefield, Mich., to Dennis Dean and Helen Isabel (Baima) Wolffe. Her parents preceded her in death. In 1974, she graduated from high school in Wisconsin. She graduated from the Astoria Beauty College in 1993. She married Wesley “Charlie” Boothe....
Mary Carol Kindred Dowell
Oct 29, 2011
Mary Carol Kindred Dowell, 70, of Astoria, died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, in Portland, after complications from pneumonia. She was born March 1, 1941, in Dallas, Ore., to David and Lavina Kindred. In 1959, she graduated from Astoria High School, but also attended Ketchikan High School in Alaska for two years. On Dec. 20, 1969, she married Kenneth E....
Mildred "Maxine" Angelus
Oct 29, 2011
Mildred “Maxine” Angelus, age 91, of Nehalem, passed away Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 in Seaside. She was born March 30, 1920 in Rising Star, Texas to William Marshall and Nettie Blackburn Marshall. Mildred moved to San Francisco in 1944 where she met and married John Jess Angelus, who preceded her in death on Jan. 25, 2009. After marrying, they...
Noel Stanley Thayer
Oct 26, 2011
Noel Stanley Thayer,age 97, of Astoria, died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, in Astoria. He was born Aug. 10, 1914, in Napavine, Wash., to Rudolph and Lulu (Thompson) Thayer. His mother died when he was 6 years old. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. On July 1, 1941, he married Elsie B. Gates in Astoria. She...
Violet Elizabeth Knapp
Oct 14, 2011
Violet Elizabeth Knapp, age 88, of Knappa, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, in Knappa. She was born May 20, 1923, in Troutdale, to Michael and Rosa F. (Burg) Steudler. She was raised in Deer Island and Ridgefield, Wash. In her early years, she worked in the strawberry fields and bulb farms. In 1950, she married Marion Oliver Knapp in...
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